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# Wentworth Institute of Technology Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated October 1, 2026

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## How much do Wentworth Institute of Technology graduates earn?

The reported median is $95,027 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $26,777 per year.

Wentworth Institute of Technology shows [earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) alongside a high return standing. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $24,702 more than the model expects for similar students. That measure—the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students—lands in the 98th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,941. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $16,761.

Within that share, the STEM component adds $8,003. Federally aided completers working and not enrolled have median earnings of $95,027 four years after completion, in the 96th percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; the university stands $26,777 above it. The model and peer comparison both favor the university.

At Wentworth Institute of Technology, earnings scenarios show that outcomes can differ widely across the program mix. Four years after completion, the downside earnings scenario is $74,914 and the upside scenario is $116,968, with $95,027 as the typical scenario.

These are earnings scenarios, not observed groups of graduates. Individual field medians can extend beyond that range: Computer Science reaches $121,671 four years after completion, while Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications reaches $111,413 and Construction Management reaches $111,195.

The field figures show why the modeled range should be read as a program-mix guide rather than a ceiling.

Four-year earnings need to be read alongside further study: an estimated 23.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Because the earnings measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, those pursuing graduate study fall outside that earnings snapshot.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$95,027

**Rank for difference from expectations**
98th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**Wentworth Institute of Technology reported median**
$95,027

**Peer schools comparable schools · $26,777 below Wentworth Institute of Technology**
$68,250

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $24,702 below Wentworth Institute of Technology**
$70,325

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. [How the model works](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How many Wentworth Institute of Technology students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

**Returned the following fall**
83.0%

**Completed within six years**
63.1%

**Pell recipients completed within six years**
54.7%

Source: Wentworth Institute of Technology Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $74,914 to $116,968, around the reported median of $95,027. Compare the lower scenario with [Wentworth Institute of Technology borrowing and monthly payments](/school/wentworth-institute-of-technology/cost/) to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

**Lower estimate**
$74,914

**Median · reported**
$95,027

**Higher estimate**
$116,968

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

[Why the downside matters](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do Wentworth Institute of Technology graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls [value added](/methodology/#value-added).

Wentworth Institute of Technology graduates’ reported earnings are $24,702 above that expectation, the 98th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Wentworth Institute of Technology caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$7,941

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
+$16,761

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
+$24,702

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

## Which fields at Wentworth Institute of Technology report the highest earnings?

The program figures place several technical offerings at the higher end of the school’s earnings range four years after completion. Computer Science records median earnings of $121,671 and 116 degrees awarded in one academic year.

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications posts $111,413 with 33 degrees awarded, and Construction Management shows $111,195 across 112 degrees awarded. Design and Applied Arts sits at a more moderate $68,160 four years after completion, with 65 degrees awarded.

The contrast between those figures shows that earnings differ materially by field, even among the school’s larger programs.

The degree mix centers on Engineering, which accounts for 39.4% of bachelor’s degrees awarded. Computer & Information Sciences accounts for 20.4%, and Business accounts for 20.3%, so the largest fields span technical and business study.

Computer Science awarded 116 degrees, with median earnings of $121,671 four years after completion. Construction Management awarded 112 degrees and had median earnings of $111,195 four years after completion.

Mechanical Engineering awarded 109 degrees, and its median earnings were $97,124 four years after completion. The largest fields therefore show different scales but consistently technical program options.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Computer Science**
$121,671

**Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications**
$111,413

**Construction Management**
$111,195

**Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other**
$101,580

**Electromechanical Engineering**
$100,012

**Biomedical/Medical Engineering**
$99,617

**Computer Engineering**
$99,093

**Information Science/Studies**
$98,270

[Explore Wentworth Institute of Technology program cohorts and field ranks](/school/wentworth-institute-of-technology/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $74,914, the typical outcome at $95,027, and the upside at $116,968. Computer Science is the higher-earning anchor at $121,671 four years after completion, whereas Design and Applied Arts, the lowest-earning program among the largest fields with published earnings, is at $68,160. The spread shows how much the earnings picture varies by field.

Wentworth Institute of Technology posts a high earnings figure: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $95,027 four years after completion. It describes the middle earnings result, so individual graduates can land above or below it.

Azimuth places that measure in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 1,231 completers. A typical earnings scenario based on the program mix is $95,027 four years after completion; it is a scenario rather than an observed group.

An estimated 23.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The institutional earnings measure and modeled scenario point in the same direction.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).